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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Philosopher With Silicon Valley's Ear

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🗓️ 2 October 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Longtermism, the idea that positively influencing the future is a key moral priority of our time, is hot in Silicon Valley. But does it miss the bigger picture?

Guests: William MacAskill, Robert Wright

Host: Lizzie O'Leary


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0:00.0

So, I would love it if you guys could introduce yourselves.

0:06.6

We'll all start with you.

0:07.6

Who are you?

0:08.6

Why are you here?

0:09.6

Sure.

0:10.6

I'm Will McCaskill.

0:11.6

I'm an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University.

0:16.0

I helped to set up what's known as the Effect of Autism Community, community of people

0:21.1

who try to do as much good as they can with at least a significant part of their time

0:25.4

and their money.

0:26.4

I also recently wrote a book called What We Are The Future that's, I think, going to

0:32.7

be the topic of conversation in the course of this podcast.

0:36.2

Bob, who are you?

0:37.8

I'm Robert Wright.

0:38.9

I'm mainly a journalist.

0:42.2

I've written some books, including a book called Non-Zero, which may be the one most relevant

0:47.2

to this discussion.

0:48.7

I also publish a newsletter called Non-Zero and have a podcast called Non-Zero.

0:55.9

In fact, I've written a little about Will's ideas in my newsletter and the Non-Zero newsletter.

1:02.6

I asked Bob and Will to come on the show because Will's new book, What We Are The Future, is

1:07.1

something you're likely to see on Bookshelves in Silicon Valley.

1:10.9

The book is a case that we, the people of today, need to make the people of tomorrow and

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